John B. Hague

Hague, John B., born in New Rochelle, New York, in 1813; entered the Baptist ministry in 1835, but retired in 1845 to undertake educational work. For some years he has been a lay member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. In 1842 he published Hymns for Social and Private Worship, to which he contributed 7 hymns. From this collection his hymn, "Hark, sinner, while God from on high doth entreat thee" (Warning) is taken.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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Hague at­tende­d Ham­il­ton Col­lege (class of 1832) and the New­ton The­o­lo­gi­cal In­sti­tu­tion (1832-35) and was or­dained a Bap­tist min­is­ter in 1835 in East­port, Maine. He pas­tored in East­port un­til 1845, when he left the min­is­try for the ed­u­ca­tion­al field. He served schools in Ja­mai­ca Plain and New­ton Centre, Mass­a­chu­setts (1845-51); Hud­son, New York (1850-70); and Hack­en­sack, New Jer­sey, where he moved in 1870 and was still liv­ing in 1888. His works in­clude: Hymns for So­cial and Pri­vate Wor­ship, 1842

--www.hymntime.com/tch

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Hagues, John Bayley. (New Rochelle, New York, November 13, 1813--November 18, 1898, Hackensack, New Jersey). Graduate of Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., 1832, and Newton Theological Seminary, 1835. Awarded an honorary Ph.D. from Hamilton College in 1888 for his translations of Horace and Virgil. Pastor of the Baptist Church at Eastport, Maine, 1835-1845. Taught classics at girls' schools in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, 1845-1847, and Newton, Mass., 1847-1850. Principal of the Female Seminary, Hudson, N.Y., 1851-1870. First principal of Hackensack Academy, Hackensack, N.J., 1870-1898. Published a collection of seven hymns in 1842 entitled Hymns for Social and Private Worship (Eastport, Maine).

--Paul Hammond, DNAH Archives